Umihara: Before the Fireworks

Umihara, a fictional seaside town. On day 30, fireworks from the summer festival will light up the whole bay — but before that, there are 30 days of story waiting for you and them.

Yu Natsume is a high school transfer student who used to love photography — his camera has sat untouched in a drawer ever since. After transferring to Umihara High, he's pulled into the festival preparation committee, where he'll rediscover what makes a photo worth taking, and slowly grow closer to five girls.

[About Before Fireworks] A slice-of-life, healing visual novel set in a Japanese high school. Follow 30 days of festival prep, build bonds with the girls through dialogue choices, and unlock different story branches and endings. Beyond the words and art, there's the quiet nervousness of the moment itself — every choice you make sends the story somewhere different.

[Five Girls, Five Stories of Their Own] · Hina Sakura — the committee's ever-smiling ray of sunshine · Uta Hoshino — quiet and focused, hiding feelings easy to miss · Mizuki Shirakawa — gentle on the surface, quietly unyielding underneath · Rin Kiritani — sharp and guarded, secretly longing to be understood · Mio Amamiya — a fateful meeting on festival night

Everyone has their own pace and their own secret — different choices reveal different views.

[Free to Play, Unlock at Your Own Pace] The common route (Day 1-20) is completely free — experience the full festival-prep story and meet all five girls without paying a cent. Once you meet the requirements, an optional pass unlocks four individual routes, letting you dive deeper into each girl's story and her own ending. Achieve a Happy End on all four individual routes, and clues to a hidden true ending will open — for those who see it through to the end.

[Highlights] · Beautifully illustrated Japanese school and festival scenes · Affection system and branching story with multiple endings to explore · No forced purchases — the core story is entirely free to play · Pick up the story anywhere, right where you left off

Summer is short, but these 30 days are worth taking slowly.

Before the fireworks rise — who will you meet?